Angels' Travis d'Arnaud: Gets two-year deal from Angels
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The Angels signed d'Arnaud to a two-year, $12 million contract Tuesday.
Atlanta declined d'Arnaud's $8 million club option for 2025 last week, but the veteran catcher quickly found a multi-year pact with a new organization. It's not an ideal landing spot for fantasy since d'Arnaud will be second on the catching depth chart behind Logan O'Hoppe, but he could still play enough to be a viable option in deeper formats. D'Arnaud, who turns 36 in February, slashed .238/.302/.436 with 15 home runs over 99 regular-season games in 2024.
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Travis d'Arnaud: Free agent after option declined
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Atlanta declined d'Arnaud's $8 million club option for 2025 on Monday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
President of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos said last month that the team planned to exercise d'Arnaud's option, but evidently feelings changed since then. The emergence of catching prospect Drake Baldwin could have played into the club's decision, as Baldwin is viewed as nearly major-league ready and could potentially be paired with Sean Murphy in 2025. D'Arnaud, who turns 36 in February, should be able to land a starting job somewhere after slashing .238/.302/.436 with 15 home runs over 99 games in 2024.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Option will be picked up
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Atlanta president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos said Friday that the team plans to exercise d'Arnaud's $8 million club option for 2025, Grant McAuley of 92.9 The Game Atlanta reports.
Between that and Sean Murphy's $15 million salary, Atlanta will be paying a healthy $23 million to its catching duo in 2025. D'Arnaud usurped Murphy as the club's preferred starter down the stretch this season and finished with a .238/.302/.436 batting line and 15 home runs in 2024. He and Murphy could share the catching duties pretty evenly in 2025, but the latter might also reclaim the starting job if he rebounds from a career-worst .636 OPS.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Sitting for Game 2
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D'Arnaud isn't in the lineup Wednesday for Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series against San Diego.
After starting Game 1 of the series and going 1-for-4 with a double, d'Arnaud will now take a seat on the bench while Sean Murphy catches for Max Fried, batting eighth.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Resting Sunday
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D'Arnaud is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.
D'Arnaud will get a breather Sunday after hitting a walk-off solo home run in Saturday's 2-1 win over Kansas City. Sean Murphy will start behind home plate and bat seventh.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Walk-off homer Saturday
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D'Arnaud went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Royals.
D'Arnaud has had few big moments in September -- he's hitting just .163 (7-for-43) with two extra-base hits this month. The walk-off blast was his 15th homer of the year, making this the fourth season in his career in which he's reached that mark. The catcher has added a .236/.301/.439 slash line with 48 RBI, 39 runs scored, 16 doubles and one stolen base over 335 plate appearances. He has been splitting time evenly behind the dish with Sean Murphy lately.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Idle Friday
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D'Arnaud is out of the lineup for Friday's game against Atlanta.
D'Arnaud will take a seat for a second consecutive game, giving way to Sean Murphy behind the dish. D'Arnaud hasn't had a multi-hit game since Aug. 13.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Withheld from lineup
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D'Arnaud is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.
D'Arnaud started the series opener Tuesday, but he'll begin Wednesday's contest on the bench. Sean Murphy will start at catcher for Atlanta and will bat eighth.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Resting Sunday
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D'Arnaud is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.
D'Arnaud and Sean Murphy have been alternating turns behind the plate since the former returned from the paternity list Sept. 12. After d'Arnaud started at catcher and went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts in Saturday's 6-2 win, Murphy will enter the lineup Sunday.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Giving way to Murphy on Wednesday
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D'Arnaud is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Reds.
D'Arnaud has alternated starts behind the plate with Sean Murphy since the former returned from the paternity list last Thursday. Murphy will get the nod Wednesday after d'Arnaud went 1-for-4 with a walk in Tuesday's 6-5 loss.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Back from paternity leave
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Atlanta reinstated d'Arnaud (personal) from the paternity list Thursday.
D'Arnaud will rejoin Atlanta ahead of its four-game home series against the Dodgers that begins Friday after he missed each of the team's three games earlier this week while welcoming a new addition to his family. Atlanta optioned No. 3 catcher Chadwick Tromp to Triple-A Gwinnett to clear room on the 28-man active roster for d'Arnaud.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Placed on paternity leave
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Atlanta placed d'Arnaud on the paternity list Monday.
He will likely miss the next three games before rejoining the active roster for the weekend series against the Dodgers. Chadwick Tromp was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett in a corresponding move and will back up Sean Murphy at catcher for the next few days.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Not starting Sunday
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D'Arnaud is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Blue Jays.
D'Arnaud will get a breather after going 2-for-8 with one run scored across the first two games of the series. Sean Murphy will start behind home plate and bat fifth against Toronto right-hander Yariel Rodriguez.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Poaching playing time from Murphy
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D'Arnaud will start at catcher and bat fifth in Sunday's game against the Phillies.
Atlanta's timeshare at catcher has tilted in favor of d'Arnaud lately, as he'll pick up his sixth start in nine games Sunday. D'Arnaud holds an 89-point edge in OPS (.774 to .685) over Murphy this season, and that disparity may be enough for the former to see the larger share of playing time behind the dish despite the latter's bigger contract.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Starting Saturday
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D'Arnaud (wrist) will start at catcher and bat fifth Saturday against Washington, Lindsay Crosby of AthlonSports.com reports.
After missing Atlanta's last five games due to wrist soreness that stemmed from an HBP last Saturday, d'Arnaud will now make his return to the starting lineup. The 35-year-old backstop has appeared in nine games this month, going 5-for-28 with two homers and seven RBI.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Available off bench
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Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said that d'Arnaud (wrist) is available off the bench to catch Wednesday versus the Phillies, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.
D'Arnaud hasn't played since being hit in the wrist by a pitch Saturday against the Angels. He's feeling much better, although it's not clear when he might be ready to return to the lineup. Sean Murphy will make his third straight start at catcher Wednesday.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: On bench Tuesday, still sore
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D'Arnaud is still feeling pain in his wrist and is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Phillies, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.
D'Arnaud was hit by a pitch in the wrist Saturday and was held out of Sunday's game due to the issue. While he carries a day-to-day designation, the catcher is still experiencing soreness. Sean Murphy will be behind the dish and bat fifth Tuesday.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Expected to sit Sunday after HBP
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D'Arnaud was hit by a pitch in the wrist during the seventh inning of Saturday's game against the Angels and isn't expected to play in Sunday's series finale, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.
D'Arnaud remained in the game to run -- and eventually scored -- but was replaced behind the plate by Sean Murphy in the bottom of the seventh. While the injury doesn't appear to be anything serious, Atlanta will give d'Arnaud a rest Sunday ahead of Monday's team off day.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Homers in Tuesday's win
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D'Arnaud went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and two RBI in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Giants.
D'Arnaud went deep off Kyle Harrison in the third to extend Atlanta's lead to 3-1. He later reached on an infield single in the 10th inning, which plated another run that wound up being the difference in the game. The 35-year-old backstop now has two homers in his last two starts and five RBI over the last three games for Atlanta. For the year, d'Arnaud is slashing .255/.313/.485 with 13 homers, 40 RBI, 32 runs, a steal and a 17:59 BB:K in 256 plate appearances.
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Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Goes yard Sunday
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D'Arnaud went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 9-8 loss to Colorado.
D'Arnaud was in an 0-for-10 skid at the plate before lifting a two-run blast in the fourth inning to extend Atlanta's lead to 3-0. The catcher has five homers among 13 hits over his last 12 contests, and he's added nine RBI and nine runs scored in that span. For the year, he's maintained a .252/.312/.473 slash line with 12 homers, 37 RBI, 31 runs scored, one stolen base and 14 doubles over 76 contests.
